Category: NEXRAD Migration Study

  • NW winds keep birds down

    So according to the radar, there was no flight over the Mid-Atlantic last night. Any changes on the landscape today would most likely be due to local movements as birds either redirect to somewhere they want to be (moving SE on NW winds) or head for better foraging habitat to refuel for their next leg. […]

  • Bird blockage

    Those two words pretty much summed it up for the Mid-Atlantic last night. A frontal boundary that moved in late last night, extending across the Delmarva and west across the middle of the country, created a barrier between some heavy migration over the Southeastern US and the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern US. This system is forecast […]

  • Finally- some new birds!

    I wish I had more time to comment- but I’m late for some morning birding! Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Check out the trajectory across the radar (using the velocity loops), the intensity (using the […]

  • The unfairness of high pressure

    Well, while most of the country experienced moderate to high levels of migration last night, the Delmarva got taxed, and New Jersey may have gotten a small, but early, refund (which seems appropriate, given today’s date, eh?). Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 7:30am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on […]

  • No birds moving into the mid-Atlantic last night…

    …but there will be some on the way tonight! I’ll give an update later this afternoon, but In the meantime, I’m catching up on a few hours of sleep. Would you please turn out the light before you leave? Good Birding, and Tax Filing, David

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